" Urbanisation of everybody", institutional imperatives, and social transformation in Pakistan
This paper argues that reforms of social institutions, namely family, community, property, work, etc., are necessary instruments of economic development. This argument goes beyond the economists' and the World Bank's conceptions of institutional reform, which tend to focus only on transact...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Pakistan development review |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This paper argues that reforms of social institutions, namely family, community, property, work, etc., are necessary instruments of economic development. This argument goes beyond the economists' and the World Bank's conceptions of institutional reform, which tend to focus only on transactional institutions. The institutional reforms necessary for Pakistan's development should include measures that will realign family and kinship ties, restructure communities, bring about an urban moral order and impersonalise economic and social dealings to some degree. This argument is developed through a sub-theme embedded in the paper, namely the imperative of urbanisation in Pakistan. Pakistan is an urbanised country. A large part of its rural area has been turned into an urban landscape, primarily through population density. The urbanisation of Pakistan has led to an institutional lag. The paper documents the institutional imperatives of urbanisation and Pakistan's shortfalls on those scores. It concludes with a recommendation for reforms to bring Pakistan's social institutions in line with its spreading urbanism. (Pak Development Rev/DÜI) |
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| Beschreibung: | Enthält: Afzal, Mohammad: Comment. - S. 1209-1210 |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Kt., Lit. S. 1207-1208 |
| ISSN: | 0030-9729 |